Blog: All posts by Tom Haugh
Middle America
By Tom Haugh on March 22, 2010
Good morning. Last week the market was up fractionally, with the SPY up .51 to close at 115.97. That is still a spectacular move up from the gloomy days of last March, when on last March 19 the SPY closed at 78.94 (47% increase). It also is an interesting contrast to the VIX, which was down on the week to close at a low number of 16.96. That is down dramatically from the number last March 19 of 43.68 (61% drop).
The Ides of March
By Tom Haugh on March 15, 2010
While I work on developing the post for this week, I’d like to invite you to listen to our Wednesday, March 11th “Stocks and Jocks” show as we had a terrific interview with Barry Wilner, Sports Writer for the Associated Press. This show can be listened to on demand right there on your PC at www.StocksAndJocks.net/archives.htm. I also invite you to e-mail me with your thoughts, show ideas, criticims and questions at StocksAndJocks@Live.com! Stay tuned for this week’s post!
Protected Index Program® Education
By Tom Haugh on March 8, 2010
A funny thing happened on the way to the office this weekend, as I intended to write up a nice long post. I had car trouble that detained me. No lie. Anyway, let me take this opportunity to inform you about the terrific Protected Index Program® (PIP) educational events we have coming up.
Grind Out Some Returns
By Tom Haugh on March 1, 2010
Good morning. The market ended last week down ever so slightly, with the SPY down a whole .40 (or .4%) on the week. However, that weekly summary masks a series of almost violent ups and downs on both an inter and intra day basis. For example, we had a virtually flat Monday, then a surprisingly negative Consumer Confidence number on Tuesday sent us down almost 1.5%. Wednesday brought a snap back rally of almost the same magnitude, followed by bad jobs numbers on Thursday that had us down almost 2% before recovering to almost unchanged.
Internal Memo
By Tom Haugh on February 22, 2010
Good morning. While I am having an extremely busy morning, I have resolved to begin writing these posts on Sunday night so come Monday, we’re ready to hit the ground running. This morning on my “Stocks and Jocks” show, my guest Kevin Riordan (MF Global) and I discussed Toyota’s internal memo, the Olympics and municipal bonds as well as the companies that insure them.